Springfield: Abraham Lincoln Association, 1936. Hardcover. Small 4to. Quarter tan cloth spine with paper spine label and blue paper over boards. 102pp. Very good. Faint binding wear and small abrasion at upper right of front board; text block lightly age toned per usual. Attractive and tight first edition of this..... More
New York: The Modern Library, [1968]. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. (8pp), 548pp, xii. 4 maps. Very good/near fine. Despite book's near fine and tight appearance, a fastidious owner has red-underlined a few passages here and there and neatly pencilled thoughtful margin comments throughout..... More
New York: The Modern Library, [1968]. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth with gilt spine lettering, dust jacket. (8pp), 548pp, xii. 4 maps. Very good/near fine. Top page edges rather spotted. Quite tight and nice early printing of Modern Library Giant #G64 of the popular and influential 1952 cradle-to-grave biography -- and..... More
N.p. N.p., n.y. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff wrappers. 16pp. Illustrations. Very good. Informative eulogy of the Illinois State Historian, including a full bibliography of his writings. Reprinted from the Summer 1956 "Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society." More
N.p. N.p., n.y. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff wrappers. 16pp. Illustrations. Near fine. Informative eulogy of the Illinois State Historian, including a full bibliography of his writings. Reprinted from the Summer 1956 "Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society." Quite uncommon Thomas ephemeral item. More
Springfield: The Abraham Lincoln Association, [1944]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Romaine Proctor. Small 8vo. Tan cloth with brown lettering. xv, 128pp, (1p). Frontispiece, line drawings, map endpapers. Very good. Faintest edgewear. A tight and attractive later printing of this 1934 profile of the pioneer community and its residents. The half-title page..... More
Chicago: Americana House, 1961. Hardcover. Drawings by Romaine Proctor. Small 8vo. Pictorial paper over boards. xiv, 166pp, v. Line drawings, 2 maps. Very good. Minor binding edgewear, else tight and internally fine. Tight and attractive copy of this reprint edition of the 1934 profile of the pioneer community and its..... More
Meadville, PA: The Reis Library, Allegheny College, 1950. Paperback. Small 4to. Wrappers. 23pp. Near fine. Minor age toning. Quite uncommon offprint of this article from the March 1950 issue of "The Abraham Lincoln Quarterly," first given as an address by Thomas at this small college (which houses a fine collection..... More
New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1947. Hardcover. Illustrations by Romaine Proctor. 8vo. Pale blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xvii, 329pp. Frontispiece, line drawings. Near fine/very good. Jacket mildly age toned, with minor wear at spine tail and couple small coffee drips on front panel. Handsome, tight..... More